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How Does Your Garden Grow?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders view an animated picture book at a Web site. The picture book illustrates each step in planting and growing a garden. They design how-to books showing the process. They will draw a picture and write a caption for each step.
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You're The Chef

For Teachers 1st
First graders view an animated picture book at a web site. The book provides step-by-step instructions on how to prepare a hamburger. After exploring the book, groups of children will create cookbook recipes by drawing a picture and...
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Monumental Conclusions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create a PowerPoint presentation comparing a "Grabless Conclusion" to a "Monumental Conclusion", using picture books.
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Busy As a Bee

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students define the term 'simile,' write their own similes using the words as or like, and work cooperatively to write similes. In addition, students write stories that include similes and illustrate picture books that contain similes.
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Dr. Seuss Activity: "My Book About Me"

For Students K - 3rd
In this Dr. Seuss worksheet, students draw or paste a photo of themselves in a frame given and write about themselves in the frame. A website reference is given for additional resources.
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Language Acquisition: How Babies Learn a Language

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a book for small children. In this literary lesson, students examine the qualities in children's literature that capture the attention of the child. They then work in small groups to create a book to share with younger...
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Carmen's Colors

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students make predictions about the book Carmen's Colors. In this reading strategies lesson, students use text features to recognize text.  Students become familiar with color words and patterned phrases.  Students recall questions and...
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Read It, Don't Eat It!

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students complete activities based on the book Read It, Don't Eat It! In this library rules lesson, students are read a story that illustrates library rules, then match the rules with pictures and complete a maze.
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Big Snowball Fight

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Big Snowball Fight. For this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have discussions,...
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Big Machines! Big Buildings! Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read a book and understand the cumulative events of the story through sequencing. In this lesson about cumulative texts, students are able to read the story and understand the sequence of the events. Students listen to the...
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Big or Little

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Big or Little, . In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions,...
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Curriculum Connections with Keiko Kasza

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners read books by the author Keiko Kasza and complete critical thinking skills, and connections to different subjects. In this language lesson plan, students connect the books to language arts, social studies, science, math, health,...
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Eatem Up!

For Teachers K
Students identify, interpret and demonstrate a positive learning attitude. They identify, comprehend and use basic concepts and skills and then, communicate clearly in oral, artistic, written, and nonverbal form. Students also identify...
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Confetti

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Confetti. In this reading lesson plan, 3rd graders complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions,...
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Long Train: 101 Cars on the Track Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students practice counting, measuring, and predicting. In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify numbers 1-101, rhyming words, and repetitive words using Long Train by Sam Williams. Students build their recall skills by...
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Let's Celebrate Hanukkah!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify and analyze various multicultural celebrations. They list their prior knowledge of the Jewish Holiday known as Hanukkah and listen to various books about the celebration. Students also compare and contrast Hanukkah to...
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Ready, Set, Action!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore sequential dramatization through children's literature. In this drama lesson, 5th graders act out and record scenes using digital and video cameras.  Students create a digital poster using pictures from their scenes. 
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Unwrapping Reading

For Teachers K - 5th
Guest readers rip off the holiday wrapping paper and read aloud the book inside! The teacher prepares for the activity by wrapping a variety of books in wrapping paper. Guest readers are invited to unwrap a book and read aloud to the class.
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Making Mind Movies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students interact with the strategy of visualization to better understand what is happening in a story. They assess the poem, "Talented Family," and the book, "Sarah Plain and Tall," to visualize and imagine in their minds pictures of...
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar and answer questions. For this Bloom's Taxonomy questioning lesson, students answer knowledge, comprehension, analysis , application and synthesis questions about the book The Very...
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1st Grade - Act. 14: Who's in Your Family

For Teachers 1st
First graders create classroom graph of their family members after reading book, Family.
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Science Performance Assessment

For Teachers 4th - 8th
You can use performance assessments to obtain a richer and more complete picture of what your students know.
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Monster Fun Learning the Five Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore the five senses. In this health lesson, students read the book Brave Little Monster and identify the five senses from the book. Students draw an illustration from the book as a follow-up activity.
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Charlotte's Web

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders focus on fluency by reading the book Charlotte's Web. In this reading strategies lesson plan, 4th graders partner read, do guided reading, and independent reading to increase fluency. Students use Venn Diagrams, discuss...